affusion
noun
af·fu·sion a-ˈfyü-zhən 
: an act of pouring a liquid on something or someone (as in baptism)
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Late Latin affūsiōn-, affūsiō "act of pouring on," from Latin *affūd- (variant stem of affundere "to pour on or into," from ad- ad- + fundere "to pour") + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns — more at found entry 5
First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined above
- tungstic acid
- tungstic ocher
- tungstic oxide
- tungstite
- tungstites
- tungsto-
- tungstoboric acid
- tungstophosphate
- tungstophosphoric acid
- tungstosilicate
- tungstosilicic acid
- Tungus
- tunguses
- Tungusic
- tungusics
- Tunguska
- tunguzes
- tunguzzes
- tunic
- tunic flower
- tunica
- tunica-corpus theory
- tunicae
- Tunican
- tunicary